When God laughs

I read Jack London book today “When God laughs.” It is a amazing book.

Quotes and words from a amazing writer Jack London and friends.”The gods, the gods are stronger: time Falls down before them, all men’s knee Bow, all men’s prayers and sorrow climb Like incense toward them: yea, for these gods, Felise”Harry Cowell

“That is she! Holy as love, and sweeter! Just a woman, made for love: and yet-how shall
I say?-drenched through with holiness as your own air here is with the perfume of flowers.
Well. they married. They played a hand with the gods-”
Jack London”

How to keep the flame-winged lute-player with his dumb eloquence of desire? To feast him was to lose him.
Their love for each other was a great love. Their granaries were overflowing with plenitude: yet they wanted to keep the sharp famine-edge of their love undulled.
Jack London

(My favorite lines so far.)”But they were wiser. They would not kiss and part. They would not kiss at all, and thus they planned
to stay at Love’s topmost peak.”
Jack London

When God laugh

Man believes he had power over all.
Can control the sun, the river and the wind.
I like the trickery of the Gods.
Allow men to stand and shout how powerful and strong he is.

I believe the Gods are laughing.
Poor foolish man control nothing.
We are blinded by our greed and hate.

Old wisdom need to be held true.
We must pray and seek peace with the Gods.
The Gods do not lose.
Just observers of man’s mishaps and steady fall to foolishness.

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Holy Moly, wow, the Gods are “Just observers of man’s mishaps and steady fall to foolishness.” What an awesome line! Great poem, and thanks for all the smooth Jack London words as well. You’re a great writer.

Wow, talk about inspired! I remember one summer I wrote a lot of poems like that… but I had a goal in mind to get a book of poems out, and I did! But it took a lot of writing. So you could definitely make some books if you haven’t already. 🙂 It’s so great to read other writers and get inspired! Keep writing!

Jack London book “When Gods laugh”. A needed read. His words made me write a 100 new poems. “Just meat ” was my favorite short story in the book. “We are just meat. We will work and work till we can’t no-more”

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First, Happy New Year.
Then, truths string from the very lighting of the time fuse. God said to Job, “Where were you when . . . ”
Count the countless recounts of that same theme throughout literature. It will number as the stars.
Only those who are self-assured in whatever self-based faith they employ to keep them safe will argue otherwise.
Holy, holy, holy recounted Isaiah of his dream.
Many have gone boldly in the Creator’s name and then appear to want to usurp the crown and throne.
Like Father Cavanaugh in the film “Rudy” said:
“Son, in 35 years of religious study, I have only come up with two hard incontrovertible facts: there is a God, and I’m not Him.”

My belief systems explain that god ihides within us, experiencing our actions good and bad but does not reveal himself till we seek him out within ourselves by trying to raise our vibrations to a higher level of perfection. – just a point of view, and all points of view are equally true, for he is complex and true.

The book had 8 stories in the book. Was written in 1911. His book had great wisdom in it. I wrote 40 new poems because of the book. If you need reasons to write. Jack London’s book “When Gods laugh” is a must.

Oh wow, it sounds great! I don’t usually use that kind of thing for inspiration but I might just read it for the book’s sake. I usually write things down whenever they come to my mind for blog posts and especially poetry. I rarely edit after I’ve written something, and never for poetry.

Jack London said it first. “When Gods laugh” is one of the great books. Men believe they know all and control all things. In the end. We learn later to be thankful for what we are given. Thank you for reading and the comment.

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glad to have found you. i like your rendition. have you heard of ladinksy’s translation of hafiz. the book of translations is called I Heard God Laughing. it’s a great reminding title, especially because it’s funny & i end up laughing as a i read it and the whole thing comes full circle. here’s a link to some of the poems: http://www.poetseers.org/the-poetseers/hafiz/i-heard-god-laughing-hafiz/

A very meaningful poem. You captured the essence of human nature, the fact that so many of us think that we control every thing, that we are the centre of the world, when in reality we don’t. I believe that somewhere there is a divine power that ‘laughs’ at us for our naivety and foolishness. I also like the fact that you mentioned how our lives are governed, in general, by negative emotions. It was a pleasure to read your poem! 🙂

I recently read an article where a Catholic Priest said of his own church that 78 percent of the member’s believed that it was okay to cohabited with premarital sex before marriage while the church and the bible both agree that it is wrong. It’s like we create “a god” only when convenient and when we need one, forgetting that if we really believe in him then he is the creator. If we truly believe he is a supernatural being of ultimate righteousness and power, shouldn’t he be the one setting the standards? I’m surprised to hear another frail human like myself recognizing it is so. Very nice poem.

Jack London wrote a book “When God laughs”. You would enjoy his book. Jack London told the truth and he showed me a better view on life. He wrote the book in 1911. It is still as powerful as then. Thank you for reading and the comment. I have been telling people for many years. Can’t blame God for our world and problems.

It is a wonderful book. Each story teaches a different lesson. I like the first chapter and the “Just Meat” chapter the best. I got lucky. At a library book sale. I have a copy of the book for one dollar.

…jack london has fallen in the cracks…i read everything he wrote as a teener!…i used to carry all the wines from his sonoma vineyards!…just now i am re-reading kirkegaard, sartre & camus! maybe i will have to revisit him again soon! my next project to to re-read the shakespeare canon riverside cover to cover! problem is writing cuts into my reading! be strong brother! ❤ u!